A Study of Toxic Leaders in the Modern World

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A STUDY OF TOXIC LEADERS IN THE MORDERN WORLD

From the anti-Jews case of Adol Hitler to the distressing fraud action of Jeff skilling in Enron, considering the conning case of Charles Keating to the case of Dennis Kozlowski, and from the brutal case of Chairman Mao Zedong of china to the fierce act of Albert. J. Dunlap of Sunbeam (Lipman-Blumen, 2004). One can therefore say the antiquity of politics and business enterprises is heavily endowed with toxic leaders. These self-destructed people crave power so much that they make extremely vicious decisions meant to benefit them and degrade others. Toxic leaders intent to control everyone around them, they accept and enjoy the work credit of their followers and conclusively deny any blame. Even though these toxic leaders shine in the moment of grandeur, they ultimately have a habit of failing horribly, abandoning their businesses in shreds and setting their embarrassing deeds in history.

Plethora of these heartless yet proficient leaders have been seen in recent eras comparatively as anti-social persons, humanitarians and saints hardly strive for positions in political or corporate government. These leaders believe that certain traits like self-effacement and altruism are of little help to someone in a political system. It is a leader’s nature to be ambitious and competitive, dedicated, charismatic and intelligent, confident and cunning. Nonetheless one thing to keep in mind is that those features can push a leader’s approach and overall behavior to change into the state of toxicity.

Who is a toxic leader?

Giving a clear definition of who a toxic leader is can almost be impossible as it is very tricky. Heroic leaders like Alexandra the great, franklin Roosevelt, Roberto Go...

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